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Volume 27, Issue 9, october 7, 2004

On campus

Students in Free Enterprise awarded grant
Metro’s Students in Free Enterprise was awarded a $20,000 grant to host a financial case competition Jan. 27-29, 2005, as part of a national tournament sponsored by Take Charge America, a non-profit national credit counseling company, and the University of Arizona.

Metro SIFE’s “Duel@5280” was chosen to be one of only nine competitions held across the country.

The program was developed to increase financial literacy among college students. With credit card debt at an all-time high of $2 trillion and the number of bankruptcies increasing, students will be able to enhance their awareness of money management through this case-study analysis.

Retired professor offers scholarship
Annette McElhiney, a retired Metro professor of English and women’s studies, has established a new scholarship in honor of her adopted South Korean grandson, Max Jee Min McElhiney.

The scholarship is a one-time $400 award for students who are currently enrolled in a First Year Seminar or have taken a First Year Seminar. The scholarship is open to first-year and upper-division students and is sponsored by the First Year Program, the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Metro Foundation.

Application deadline for The Max McElhiney First-Year Scholarship is 5 p.m., Oct. 20. Interested students must submit a FAFSA, an up-to-date transcript and an application form, which includes a short essay. Students must demonstrate financial need and make a persuasive case in the essay for how the scholarship might help during his or her college career.

A winner will be announced in Spring, 2005.

Tournaments to benefit scholarships
Two campus activities Sunday, Oct. 10, will help raise scholarship money for students in Metro’s Leisure Studies Program.

A 5K run or one-mile walk will begin at 9 a.m. by the flagpole. There will be door prizes including club-level seats at a professional sports game and golf foursomes. There is a $7 entry fee for students, faculty, and staff and a $12 entry free for the general public.

Registration should be in by Oct. 6 by e-mailing tourdecampus@yahoo.com. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. the day of the event.

A dodgeball tournament will be held for teams of six with participants encouraged to wear beach attire. Awards will be given for best costume and for best dodgeball skills. To register, go to the Human Performance, Sports and Leisure Studies Office (PE 217). Registration is $12.

The tournament begins at 9 a.m. and will continue until one team remains.

One hundred percent of the proceeds for both events will go to the Furman Griffis Scholarship Fund for leisure studies students. For more information, call Broida at (303)556-4206.

-Compiled by N.S. Garcia